Ronart Cars

Ronart Cars Ltd.
legal form	Ltd.
founding	1987
Seat	London
management	Arthur Wolstenholme
Branch	Automobile manufacturer
Website	www.ronart.co.uk

Ronart W 152

Ronart Lightning

Ronart Cars Ltd is a British manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Arthur Wolstenholme presented a prototype at the National Classic Car Show in 1984 . In 1987 he founded Ronart Cars with his wife Rona and began producing automobiles. The brand name Ronart is composed of the first names of the couple. The company is based in London and the factory in Peterborough . Vanwall Cars was responsible for production between 2006 and 2008 , also under the management of Wolstenholme.

vehicles

The W 152 is similar to racing cars from the 1950s. The basis is a tubular space frame, originally designed by Spyder Engineering . The open body consists either of synthetic resin reinforced with glass or aramid fibers or of aluminum . Various six-cylinder in - line and V12 engines from Jaguar Cars as well as a V8 engine from Rover were available in the past. One vehicle even got a V16 engine. The German importer U. Klausmann & R. Lamsfuß GbR from Hausach offered the vehicle in 1993 at prices starting at 15,000 DM for the kit and 111,000 DM for a complete vehicle . Around 110 vehicles have been built so far.

Between 1999 and 2003, four GP Racers with V8 engines and two seats were built in a row.

The Lightning appeared in 2002 . A V8 engine from the Ford Mustang with 4600 cm³ displacement and 325 hp to 440 hp provided the drive.

literature

• Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 .
• George Nicholas Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Volume 3: P – Z. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 . (English)
• Steve Hole: AZ of Kit Cars. The definitive encyclopaedia of the UK's kit-car industry since 1949. Haynes Publishing, Sparkford 2012, ISBN 978-1-84425-677-8 .

Web links

Commons : Ronart Cars  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Company website (accessed February 3, 2014)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 .
2. ^ Georgano: The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile.
3. ^ ^{A b} Hole: AZ of Kit Cars.